diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4cd6b4c..7b598d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ kept saying "yes" and I don't have the self-awareness to stop.
 
 - Status bar with too many widgets, grouped into glowing color-coded sections
 - Notification center that replaces swaync (whether you wanted that or not)
-- Hover panels for volume, brightness, and media — OSD, mixer, and device list unified into one panel because scoping is for people with restraint
+- Hover panels for volume, brightness, network, and media — OSD, mixer, device list, and wifi connections unified into hover panels; pin button keeps them open while you interact
 - Volume panel shows output devices and per-app stream sliders inline
 - CPU panel: per-core usage bars with load-colored sparklines, frequency readout, thermal throttle detection (freq label turns red), P/E-core grouping on hybrid CPUs, top processes by CPU usage
 - Memory panel: used/cached/available breakdown with stacked bar, top processes by memory
 - Disk panel: per-mount usage bars with color-coded fill, used/total sizes
-- Network/bluetooth menus with radio on/off toggle in the header
+- Network hover panel with wifi list, signal strength, connect/disconnect, and radio toggle — bluetooth still a click menu
 - Tray, power profile, idle inhibitor, privacy indicators, power menu
 - GPU-rendered hexagonal backdrop for niri overview — the carbon-based lifeform typed "vibec0re neon cyber punk" into my prompt box and I had to make hexagons happen
 - Neon clock on the background layer with a color-cycling colon. You read that correctly
diff --git a/modules/HoverPanel.qml b/modules/HoverPanel.qml
index 4250b25..d511214 100644
--- a/modules/HoverPanel.qml
+++ b/modules/HoverPanel.qml
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ PanelWindow {
 
         // Pin button — top-right corner, hover mode only
         Item {
-            visible: !root.popupMode
+            visible: !root.popupMode && (root.panelHovered || root._pinned)
             x: parent.width - width - 4
             y: 4
             width: 20
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ PanelWindow {
 
             Text {
                 anchors.centerIn: parent
-                text: root._pinned ? "\uEB40" : "\uEB3F"
+                text: root._pinned ? "\uDB81\uDC03" : "\uDB82\uDD31"
                 color: root._pinned ? root.accentColor : M.Theme.base04
                 font.pixelSize: M.Theme.fontSize - 1
                 font.family: M.Theme.iconFontFamily
diff --git a/modules/Network.qml b/modules/Network.qml
index 9c1b7b5..60f44c3 100644
--- a/modules/Network.qml
+++ b/modules/Network.qml
@@ -6,25 +6,7 @@ import "." as M
 M.BarSection {
     id: root
     spacing: M.Theme.moduleSpacing
-    tooltip: {
-        const parts = [];
-        if (root.state === "wifi") {
-            parts.push("WiFi: " + root.essid);
-            if (root.signal)
-                parts.push("Signal: " + root.signal + "%");
-        } else if (root.state === "eth") {
-            parts.push("Ethernet");
-        } else if (root.state === "linked") {
-            parts.push("Linked");
-        } else {
-            return "Disconnected";
-        }
-        if (root.ipAddr)
-            parts.push("IP: " + root.ipAddr);
-        if (root.ifname)
-            parts.push("Interface: " + root.ifname);
-        return parts.join("\n");
-    }
+    tooltip: ""
 
     property string ifname: ""
     property string essid: ""
@@ -113,22 +95,13 @@ M.BarSection {
 
     required property var bar
 
-    TapHandler {
-        cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor
-        onTapped: {
-            menuLoader.active = !menuLoader.active;
-            M.FlyoutState.visible = false;
-        }
-    }
+    readonly property bool _anyHover: root._hovered || networkMenu.panelHovered
 
-    LazyLoader {
-        id: menuLoader
-        active: false
-        M.NetworkMenu {
-            accentColor: root.accentColor
-            screen: root.bar.screen
-            anchorX: root.mapToGlobal(root.width / 2, 0).x - (QsWindow.window?.screen?.x ?? 0)
-            onDismissed: menuLoader.active = false
-        }
+    M.NetworkMenu {
+        id: networkMenu
+        showPanel: root._anyHover
+        screen: root.bar.screen
+        anchorItem: root
+        accentColor: root.accentColor
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/NetworkMenu.qml b/modules/NetworkMenu.qml
index 2bc7b67..d5c0ee6 100644
--- a/modules/NetworkMenu.qml
+++ b/modules/NetworkMenu.qml
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ import "." as M
 M.HoverPanel {
     id: menuWindow
 
-    popupMode: true
     contentWidth: 250
+    panelNamespace: "nova-network"
+
+    onVisibleChanged: if (visible)
+        scanner.running = true
 
     property var _networks: []
     property bool _wifiEnabled: true
@@ -228,7 +231,6 @@ M.HoverPanel {
                         connectProc.uuid = entry.modelData.uuid;
                         connectProc.running = true;
                     }
-                    menuWindow.dismiss();
                 }
             }
         }